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Hi all, Another 3D manufacturing spotlight – as this industry and design area moves so fast it is always important for students  to keep up to date – especially considering the commerical production parts of...

Despite its enduring appeal and timeless celebration of the sovereign power and beauty of Philosophy, The Republic reflects its author’s pessimistic views on human nature and the world of politics. The description of the prisoners...

Education or paideia is a central concern to both ‘The Republic’ and ‘The Laws’. However, the educational programme developed in ‘The Republic’ is heavily biased towards the intellectual development of the future philosopher-Guardians. The ‘productive...

Hi all, For those of you coming to the end of your DP1 year over the next few months you may well be starting to think about what you will do for your Major Project....

In the past year, Kamel Daoud won the Prix Goncourt for a work called The Meursault Investigation. In this work the Algerian novelist and journalist, offers what the New Yorker calls ‘A tour de force...

One issue seems to puzzle some students: What is the relationship between the Process Portfolio and the Visual Arts Journal (henceforth referred to respectively as the PP and the VAJ)? Some students feel the VAJ...

KEY IDEAS for May 2016 HL Paper 3 exam Online help for students Students must refer to both their secondary research and any primary investigations, visitations, interview or any other first-hand experiences they have had...

The literary and cultural theorist Terry Eagleton is the author of over forty books, ranging from ‘Literary Theory: an Introduction (1983) to ‘Culture and the Death of Gods’ (2014). His sustained critique of Postmodernism stems...

Question 4 on HL Paper 3 requires specific references to secondary research and primary investigations. Let’s take some sample responses and place them in order of detail about who, when, what, and findings. 1. Weak:...

This week I did something which I have rarely done in my many years of teaching; I asked students to spend a whole lesson watching a video. Each student was given a laptop and they...

Well that’s it then. The final visual arts upload deadline was April 30 and it’s now May, so for most – if not all – May session DP visual arts teachers, it’s done for another...

This blog is being written at the end of quite a stressful weekend for the students.  The first two Physics exams (P1 & P2) were on Friday and then the final P3 today. Part of...